Butchering-tool.



No. 881,828. l PATBNTBD MAR1o,19oa.

P. SUBMIT.

BUTGHBRING TooL.

APPLIOATION FILED HAY 26, 19GB.

@Hoang A fully hereinafter described.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT v o EEicE.

FRANK SCHMIT, OF DOUGLAS, ARIZONA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD A. TOVREA, OF BISBEE, ARIZONA TERRITORY. I

BUTCHERING-TOOL.

specification of 'Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Appiaation med May 26, 1906. seriai No. 318,963.

This invention relates' to butcher-ing tools,l

being designed for performing the cutting and sawing operations involved. in butchering meat, and has for its objects to provide a comparatively sim le, inexpensive device of this character whic i may be readily manipulated, one wherein the cutting and sawing bladesare driven by a common mechanism, and one in which either of said blades may be biouglit into play at will.

With these and other objects in View, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and 'combination of parts morey without risk to the operator grasped for free Inthe accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a tool embodying the invention. same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken longitudinally through the tool on the line 3 3 of Fig.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a metal casing preferably of the form shown having a removable side or face plate and provided with bearings 3, in which are journaled a pair of relatively s aeed driven shafts 4 extended transversely t irough the easing, through the rear side wall of which. there is entered a flexible drive shaft 5 terminally journaled in a suitable bearing 6 disposed at a point centrally between the shafts 4, there. being fixed. on the shaft 5 a gear 7 in mesh with pinions 8 fixed on the shafts'4, whereby the latter are connected to be driven from the shaft 5.

F ixed' upon one of the shafts 4 and for rotation therewith is a circular saw blade 9 having a toothed or serrated cutting edge l0. there being` fixed upon the other shaftv 4 a circular cutting blade l1 having a sharpened cutting edge l2, it being noted in this con- -necton that the casing is of a form to house the upper portions of the blades 9 and 11, the lower portions of which are projected below the casing and present exposed active ortions of an extent equaling about oneialf the surfacc'area of the, blades.

Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of thev In practice, during rotation of the shaft 5 which is driven from any suitable source of power motion will be transmitted through the gearing 7 and 8 to the shafts 4 for rotating the blades 9 and il, either of which may be'brought into action at will. It will be understood that the meat will be eut by means of the blade 11 and the saw blade 9 ba brought into play for cutting the bones, the tool being manipulated for this )urpose by grasping the upper closed edge of the casing at its center and turning the tool endwise to bring first one and then the other of the blades into contact with. the material being operated upon.

It is to be observed that the tool, which is in a measure forcible, is adapted for free manipulation by hand and may owing to the peculiar formation of the casing, which is wholly closed except at its lower edge, be

manipulation.

Having thus described my invention, .what

e I claim is:

l. Tn a tool of the type described, a casing open at one edge and having its upper portion formed to serve as a grip, a fiexible power shaft extended into the casing, a gear fixed on said shaft and located within the easing, a pair of driven shafts journaled in the easing, pinions within the easing and fixed on said shafts and in,niesh with the gear, and a pair of cutting blades fixed respectivelv'on and for rotation with the driven shafts, said cutting blades being projected beyond the open end of the casing and the latter-being wholly closed except at the point of projection of the blades.

2. in a tool of the class described, the combinationof a rotary knife, a rotar saw arranged in close proximity to the mife and overlap ing the same, a gearing for simultaneous y rotating the 4saw and knife, and a casing covering the gearing and saw and knife, said casing serving as a grip for working the tool.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SOHMIT.

Witnesses:

C. A. SHERR, LEsLIE BOTT. 

